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World - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 4, 2017
Trump and Putin, the stage is set
It’s the meeting that has the international community waiting for in bated breath. US President Donald Trump will finally be having a face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. While…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 3, 2017
China’s biggest rocket launch failed
On 2 June 2017, the second launch of China's new-generation Long March-5 carrier rocket failed dealing a blow to the country's ambitious space aspirations. Carrying an experimental communications…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 3, 2017
‘A malignant presidency’ - Carl Bernstein
Journalism legend Carl Bernstein called on the US press, CNN, to rise to the challenge of the Donald Trump presidency, which he characterized as “malignant.” “We’re in foreign territory,” Bernstein…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jul 3, 2017
Hong Kong’s future – the Red Line
Carrie Lam, who has been sworn in as Hong Kong’s new Chief Executive, is the first woman to hold the position. She was sworn on as the region marks its 20th anniversary since it came under Chinese…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 30, 2017
The ghost is dead
ISIS' leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, one of the top leaders of the Islamic State militant group (IS) is definitely dead, the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei confirmed. The secretive…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 30, 2017
What’s happening in Darfur?
What’s happening in Darfur? The United Nations Security Council on announced that it will be phasing down the number of peacekeepers in Sudan’s Darfur region. According to the international body, by…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 29, 2017
Impasse in West Asia
Qatar has condemned Saudi Arabia and its allies for refusing to negotiate terms and conditions to restore air, sea and land links in the region. It has been little over three weeks since 9 countries…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 28, 2017
Supreme Court of Venezuela attacked
On 28th June 2017, a helicopter dropped four grenades on the Supreme Court of Venezuela and 15 shots were fired at the interior ministry. President Nicholas Maduro termed the attack as “terrorist…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 28, 2017
Trump slumps in the world
Donald Trump has an image problem and it’s universal. According to a recent PEW Research Center survey, only 22% of the global population has the confidence that US President Donald Trump would do…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 27, 2017
What’s happening to Islam?
A suicide bomber blew himself up near the Grand Mosque in Mecca as police disrupted a plot to target the holiest site in Islam. The Interior Ministry said it launched a raid around Jiddah, as well as…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 26, 2017
Takata Bankruptcy
Japanese car parts maker Takata has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US and Japan. It is facing billions of dollars in liabilities over its defective airbags, which have been linked to at least…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 23, 2017
Brexit – not a divorce
Exactly a year after the landmark Brexit vote, negotiations continue between the British government led by British PM Theresa May and officials from the European Union. A politically weakened May has…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 23, 2017
Terror from within
A deadly car bombing in Pakistan has killed at least 11 and wounded 18. The explosion took place in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan and it occurred close to the police chief’s office.…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 23, 2017
Top-secret information revealed
On 22 June 2017, a former US diplomatic officer was arrested and charged with giving top-secret documents to a Chinese agent. He was caught with $16,500 in cash in his carry-on luggage, transmitting…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 22, 2017
Prince of youth
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has promoted his son, Mohammed bin Salman, as the Crown Prince. Through a royal decree he removed the former Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, the 57-year-old nephew of the…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 22, 2017
The end of ISIS?
For centuries it stood as one of the most famous monuments in a city where many battles and wars fought and it stood as a witness to the will of the people. And yet, on June 21, 2017, it was reported…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 22, 2017
Captagon – the gamechanger in Europe?
For a period in 2014 the world was horrified and transfixed by the activities of an ISIL terrorist dubbed as ‘Jihadi John’. During this time videos of him surfaced that showed him beheading multiple…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 21, 2017
Terror thwarted
A man entered the central train station in Brussels, Belgium and detonated a bomb setting off a small explosion. But a little bit of luck, as well as the quick response from the law enforcement,…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 21, 2017
Saudi-Iranian skirmishes
Saudi Arabia has made an explosive claim that it has captured three of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps members from a boat that was seized last week. However, the situation has resulted into…
World - Analyses & Assessments - Jun 20, 2017
Refugees - a country’s population
The UN Refugee Agency reveals that there are 65.6 million refugees towards the end of 2016, an increase of 30,000 from 65.3 million in 2015. On June 20th, as the world observes ‘World Refugee Day,’ a…